BlockBates, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Driggs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83422. It stands on South Twin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bates quadrangle. It stands 6,037 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1943 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Bates quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Rexburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Bates between 1995 and 2015, burning about 6 acres in total. 8 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | PATTERSON |
| 13 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | DRY HENDERSON |
| 31 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | PATTERSON |
| 27 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | STIMPSON |
| 25 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | ELK |
| 9 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | TWIN |
| 26 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | PATTERSON |
| 15 July 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | WET HENDERSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bates: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vanadium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur Sprs | Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| Trench D Phosphate Occurrence | Vanadium, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Trench F Phosphate Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q48851901 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397413. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.